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More help is required from central government to allow councils to deal with the issue, says one local authority leader.

Gary Porter, leader of South Holland District Council, said his pleas for help have fallen on deaf ears.

"I think I'm being listened to by one or two individual members of the Government but I think collectively the Government is quite deaf because it's not the thing they want to hear," he told the BBC.

"Councils across the county - it doesn't matter what type of administration they are; Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat - we all want to be able to provide the homes that our people need to live in."

The Government said it is investing £550m to help ease homelessness in the UK.